1995 in Portugal
# 1995 in Portugal

Events in the year 1995 in Portugal.

## Incumbents

* President: Mário Soares
* Prime Minister: Aníbal Cavaco Silva (until 28 October), António Guterres (from 28 October)

## Events

* 1 October - Legislative election

## Arts and entertainment

Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with Tó Cruz and the song "Baunilha e chocolate".

### Publications

* Blindness, by José Saramago

## Sports

In association football, for the first-tier league seasons, see 1994–95 Primeira Divisão and 1995–96 Primeira Divisão; for the cup seasons, see 1994–95 Taça de Portugal and 1995–96 Taça de Portugal; for the second-tier league seasons, see 1994–95 Segunda Divisão de Honra and 1995–96 Segunda Divisão de Honra; for the third-tier league seasons, see 1994–95 Segunda Divisão B and 1995–96 Segunda Divisão B; for the fourth-tier league seasons, see 1994–95 Terceira Divisão and 1995–96 Terceira Divisão.

* 14–19 March - Algarve Cup
* 3–10 April - Estoril Open
* 10 June - Taça de Portugal Final
* 23–30 July - FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
* 6 and 23 August - Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
* 24 September - Portuguese Grand Prix

## Births

* 4 January - Miguel Oliveira, motorcycle racer
* 6 January - Raphael Guzzo, footballer (born in Brazil)
* 11 January - Tiago Sá, footballer
* 26 January - Cristian Ponde, footballer
* 30 January - Tomás Podstawski, footballer
* 18 March - Frederico Ferreira Silva, tennis player
* 24 March - Núrio Fortuna, footballer
* 25 March - Ricardo Tavares, footballer
* 30 March - Ivo Tiago Santos Rodrigues, footballer
* 7 April - Mauro Riquicho, footballer
* 18 April - Francisco Geraldes, footballer
* 18 June - João Graça, footballer
* 18 June - Ricardo Santos, footballer
* 25 July - Luís Manuel Gonçalves Silva, footballer
* 30 July - Nélson Monte, footballer
* 25 September - Hugo Viveiros, footballer
* 21 October - Daniel Podence, footballer
* 31 October - Joana Valle Costa, tennis player
* 19 November - João Nunes (footballer, born 1995), Portuguese footballer
* 9 December - José Costa, a normal guy
* 15 December - Xéxé, footballer
* 28 December - Marcos Lopes, footballer

## Deaths

* 21 March - João de Freitas do Amaral, politician and journalist
* 14 April - António Lopes Ribeiro, film director
* 16 August - António Vilar, actor
* 8 November - Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello, competitive sailor
* 18 December - António Roquete, footballer
* Carlos Dias, fencer
* Maria Inês Ribeiro da Fonseca, painter
